The Irish standard., 1887-01-15
a JocuLAR COW.
Some Of the Most Notable Exploits of :
Very Nlischievous Bovine.

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DR.. Leffngwell, of Lefin gwelltown, has
remarkable COW. In appearance she is
like all the rest of his herd, red animal Of
medium size, with crooked horns, and she
is a fairly good mixer. sTo look at her."
says the DOCTOR lyon would never imagine
she was such critter as she is, but she has
pair Of deep, dim, mysterious eyes and
she has the most original mind i ever met
with in cow. Idon't quite get ON to her
character myself, and I've seen good deal
of her, especially in the last few weeks"
The DOCTORS COW is O. practical joker OF
the most incorrigible kind. She is contin-
;ually putting up jokes and the doctor
always loses by them. Her plain, ordinary,
everyday pranks are opening stable doors,
letting tho hens into the garden patch,
tipping over barrels and taking down bars
and stone walls She does these things in
systematic, business-ike way that her
owner has become used to, but now and
then subtly mysterious, 1acetious look
comes into her face, and the tricks she
plays at such times bother the doctor SO hs
can not sleep at night.
The cow is on very familiar footing with
the family, and if a house door is left open
she is apt to walk into the house and take
a professional interest in the housekeep
ing, poking her nose into the pantry and
lnquisitively prodding the furniture with
her horns A day or two ago she strolled
into the kitchen while the family were in
another part of the house and when she
went out she took along = silver teaspoon
rs q sou renir OF the visit, which she subse-
quently hid under an old pair OF trousers
that had been thrown into a lot long dis
tancs from the house The doctor IS sure
that the cow took the spoon. because a
member of the family saw her leave the
house, and afterward she was seen
meddling with the trousers.
Her latest performances was to set the
wash house on fire and she did it without
much difficulty and with no apparent feel
ing In prowling about the building on
last Sunday the COW found basket OF
shaving5 on the wash-house floor and neaI
by, on BEAM some matches, and DR.
Leftingwell thinks that, in trying to secrete
the matches in the shavings so that she
could have some fun with him when be
should come after the matches and stamp
dentally stepped on match and the
shavings were kindled. He is loath to ac
cuse her of intentional incendiarism. II
was necessary for the neighbors to come
and help extinguish the flames, which do.
stroyed new harness that the owner had
purchased for forty six dollars. While the
flames were raging the COW looked on with
seeming Indifference, but her owner, who
is able to recognize the delicate traits in
her disposition, is certain that there was
look of disappointment and regret in he1
peculiar syes.
Since the wash-house fire the cow has
done no notable thing, because the doctor
has tied her to a crowbar set in his front
yard, where he can study her, but he is
curious to know what she is going to do
with the crowber after she has had time to
think. II can understand" said he, "why
the COW might have set the wash-house
afire it she really did do it on purpose, be-
cause Lef6ngwelltown is dull and needs ex.
citem ent but I'm blest if ! know what
full-grown cow should want with a spoon,
and teaspoon at that. OF con1.sEs5 she
amt such fool as to suppose she could
use it and that act must have been pure
cussedness."
The performances of DR.. Leffingwell's
COW have excited great deal of scientific
interest in Letting and the pastor
OF the church in that village is writing
sermon for early delivery on "The Evi-
dence in Nature Tending to Prove that
Animals Have Reason"